I was a firm believer in gloves, untill i signed up to do a "strength contest" and was told no gloves, no wraps. moving to gloveless i lost about 20-30lbs on my bench because my hands were not used to having the metal directy on them with out the padding of the gloves. took me about 2-3 training sessions and they got used to it.. now it feels un natural to lift with gloves. I will use wraps if im doing say eavy back, because i dont want my back to suffer because my fore arm is tired.

I can't imagine my hands without calluses. I think a man should have some calluses. And some scares.

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Yeah I agree, when I was a little kid I went to this haunted house thing and a guy jumped out with a chainsaw and I nearly pissed myself so I ran home crying but my dad was like "Son, I think a man should have some scares!"

Thanks for the life lesson, Trance!

jesus christ I've been up too long and I need sleep somebody please kill me